A vintage black and white photograph of a man and a woman posing closely together, with the man wearing a white shirt and the woman in a polka dot blouse, both smiling at the camera.

Year: 2005

  • Diary Entry for 2/20/2005

    19° and -12°. Sunny but cold. I went to church with Jim N. Hard for me to see in the bright sun. I went to church out here in PM. Good turn out. I watched NASCAR in PM. Daytona 500. Jeff Gordon won. Lyla called in PM. All well with her.

  • Diary Entry for 2/21/2005

    Cloudy day. I did some laundry by hand. Vi, Angie, Sally here. I called Jim in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 2/22/2005

    30° and 19°. Some snow. A little sun. I didn’t go to exercise class. Jim took me for Dr. LaPoint appointment. Saw her dad. Larry Corey there and had a nice visit with him. His wife Jan was there also. Hope and Lee inspected our apartments. Were here at mine while I was at doctors. Hope said I passed. Vi and Angie here. Angie brought me Johnnycake. The Paddock Arcade condemned today. Folks had to be out by 5 PM.

  • Diary Entry for 2/23/2005

    Sunny, cold day. Bill is working on the apartment across from me. Vi here, also Angie and Sally. Kinney’s drugs deliveryman brought my four prescriptions. Cost $771.08. EPIC insurance paid it all. Nurse Debbie called. I have to go over to hospital for blood work and urine test. Watertown police Dot Fargo (?) returning after nine years because of ill health. Will continue to live with officer Sutton. I talked with Cheryl. Vern called. They are coming tomorrow.

  • Diary Entry for 2/24/2005

    21° and -5°. I didn’t go to exercise class. I went over to hospital lab for blood work and kidney tests. Vi went with me. In times that Francis Holaling 71 died in Florida. He was Merrill’s 2nd cousin. Vern, June and Jim here. June brought goulash for lunch. Vern went for groceries for me. Also got me stuff for my humidifier to prevent bacteria. Also went for coke for me. A great day with my kids. I’m so blessed with them. I got letter from Ken and Esther. They are enjoying Florida.

  • Diary Entry for 2/25/2005

    A nice sunny day. Jessie here to clean. Jolie and Zack called. Kids sick with upset stomach and out of school Cora Bellinger called to see how I was doing with my eyes. They have me on their prayer chain. Nurse Debbie called. I am to go on antibiotics and increase Lipitor and drink cranberry juice. Vi and Angie here.

  • Diary Entry for 2/26/2005

    some snow. 26° and 15°. Vi here for paper. Kinney’s brought me drugs. I started antibiotics for urinary infection for 5 days. I got package from June. Pictures she took Thursday and copy of birthdays.

  • Diary Entry for 2/27/2005

    I didn’t go to church. Sun o bright I couldn’t see. Vi here for Times. I had popcorn and watched NASCAR in PM.

  • Diary Entry for 2/28/2005

    Cloudy. Some sun. warmer. Cheryl took me to Dr. Sanni’s and came after me. Eye pressure 24 left and 14 right. Down a little. Had pre ops. Angie, Vi and Sally here. Marion Carvel in hospital with bad back pain. I called Jim. Jim N called.

  • Diary Entry for 3/1/2005

    Snow flurries off and on no exercise class. Too stormy Chaumont way for Muriel to come. We had VIP meeting in PM. Tricia Banister talked on Alzheimer’s. Very good. Mary LaFave won raffle dining out card. Vern called in evening. They leave on trip at 8 AM in morning. Vi and Angie here.

  • Diary Entry for 3/2/2005

    A nice sunny day most of day. A few flurries. Vi here for paper. Angie here in PM. Vern and June leave for trip to the Carolina’s for a month. Be home March 30. The largest airplane in the world, 124 Russia, landed at Fort Drum to transport supplies to Fort Poke. Will be back again tomorrow. Large enough to hold six or eight busses.

  • Diary Entry for 3/3/2005

    19° and 3°. Sunny all day. I went to exercise class. Not as many out. I washed clothes in PM. Debby H called in PM. We talked for an hour or more. She hasn’t found a job yet. (Kannapolis, NC). Jolie called. Vern and Jim in North Carolina. They were all going out to eat together. Irish step dancers here in evening. Very good. We had a good turn out for them Pilot Steve completed his around the world flight without refueling. I talked with Lyla. Marion C didn’t have back operation.

  • Diary Entry for 3/4/2005

    A nice sunny day. Vi here for Times. I stopped at Lidia’s a few minutes. Children in Indian River School district speak 26 different languages. Many army kids there.

  • Diary Entry for 3/5/2005

    Not a bad day. Colder in PM and evening. I went for coffee and donuts. Angie here in PM. They are moving out Muriel Robertson’s furniture. She likes it at Syracuse. I got nice letter from Juanita from Florida. She and Dorland are camping at Venice Florida for a month. We visited Don and Bea Gehm at Venice when we went to Florida with Halls.

  • Diary Entry for 3/6/2005

    35° and 27°. Very windy and snowy in AM and later on. Cleared in evening. I didn’t go to church. Vi here. Also Angie. Jolie and Shawn Michael called in evening. I made Popcorn. No church here because of weather this PM. My sink disposal quit.

  • Diary Entry for 3/7/2005

    50° and 23°. A warm sunny day. Jim called. He may go to Joel’s later this week. Vi here for Times. I called about blood work. Will have it done Friday. Bill fixed my disposal. An apple seed was caught in it. Angie here. Gave me baking powder biscuits.

  • Diary Entry for 3/8/2005

    17° and 8°. I went to exercise class. Good turn out. Vi here.

  • Diary Entry for 3/9/2005

    17° and 3°. Cold and mostly cloudy. Cold all day. A fire meeting here but I forgot to go to it. I talked with Lyla. Marion may have come home today.

  • Diary Entry for 3/10/2005

    Cold but most sunny. No exercise class. Vi here. We renewed Times paper. Each paid $46 for 6 months. I got letter from June and Vern on their vacation they are having a good time. I called Jim twice. He was getting ready for his police Road Dog group. He is their president. Angie stopped by.

  • Diary Entry for 3/11/2005

    Cloudy. Warmer I had to go to hospital for pre opt test. EKG, chest X-ray, and blood work. Met nurse Mary Dawley. We had nice visit. Vi went with me. We ate at hospital cafeteria. Angie here tonight. Vern called in evening from Greenville South Carolina. They are having a good time.

  • Diary Entry for 3/12/2005

    Partly cloudy. Vi here for paper. A lazy day. Made popcorn for supper.

  • Diary Entry for 3/13/2005

    Snow flurries. Sunny in PM. I didn’t go to church. They were having covered dish dinner and baby shower for Urban Mission after church, I didn’t have anything to take. Vi here. Jim N brought me church bulletin. Angie brought me a piece of chocolate cake. Good. Jim called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/14/2005

    30° and 8°. A beautiful sunny day. Cold. Jessie here to clean. She pulled two eyelashes out of the corner of my right eye for me. Vi here for Times. I called Office of the Aging about plastic covering on our dinner. I gave myself Procrit shot.

  • Diary Entry for 3/15/2005

    A beautiful sunny day. I went to exercise class. Vi and I called on Marion Carvell. She is feeling better. The HUD man here inspecting 21 apartments picked at random. He didn’t come to mine.

  • Diary Entry for 3/16/2005

    A nice sunny day. Cheryl took me for my appointment with Dr. LaPoint. Pre op tests. My eye operation next Wednesday. St. Patrick’s supper here tonight at 5, catered by Schuler’s restaurant.

  • Diary Entry for 3/17/2005

    Nice ay. A few flurries. I went to exercise class. I washed clothes in AM. O got card from June and Vern from Colombia South Carolina. In the 70’s there.

  • Diary Entry for 3/18/2005

    Sunny. Angie and her daughter Maryanne left for Mississippi this morning. Vi here for paper. Vern called from Charleston South Carolina. They are enjoying themselves.

  • Diary Entry for 3/19/2005

    A nice sunny day. Last day of winter. I went for donuts and coffee in the morning. Esther and Ken called. They got home from Florida on Friday. I cleaned humidifier and air fresheners in evening. Need a new filter. Lidia S gave me Jewish pancakes for supper. Good. Sally H here in PM.

  • Diary Entry for 3/20/2005

    43° and 24°. A nice day. I didn’t go to church. I went to church services here. Very good. Mrs. Smith gave us home made cookies. Vi here for paper she went up to the Sackets restaurant today. She saw the Fikes family at Belva’s, Gary and Bonnie and Dale and his wife. I started the three new eye drops along with the four kinds I’ve been using. Keeps me busy.

  • Diary Entry for 3/21/2005

    40° and 19°. Another nice day. I’ve been busy putting in eye drops all day. 35 in all. Jim called. He is leaving for Joel’s on Wednesday. Jolie and kids are meeting him in Cleveland, Ohio and going with him.

  • Diary Entry for 3/22/2005

    A great day. Sunny. I went to exercise class. I have to be at the hospital at 8:30 tomorrow. Vi here. She went to the eye doctor. She has a sty. I talked with Cheryl. Also Lyla. Steve called in evening. Good to talk with him. All is well. Jim and Vernon both called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/23/2005

    34° and 23°. A nice day. Cool wind. I had glaucoma operation on my left eye this morning at 8:30 AM. It went well. Cheryl went with me. She is so helpful. I called Jim. He was on the way to Ohio (Carla’s) and Iowa (Joel’s). Vi here. Also Jim N and Sally. Roger Livingston brought me a pretty rose plant from the civic club of Philadelphia. Pretty. Vern called in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/24/2005

    Sunny nice day. Diane Russell took me form my appointment with Dr. Sanni. Pressure down to 14 and 26. Rev. Jane Wagner called to see how I was. Good to talk with her. Vi and Allison here. Jim called from Iowa in evening. Madison called me on the way to Iowa this PM. She got her mother’s cell phone while Jolie was asleep. Lyla called in evening. SMC called to ask how I was doing.

  • Diary Entry for 3/25/2005

    A few snow flurries. Keeps me buy putting in eye drops. Vi here for Times. Sue Boschock called. I got note from Margaret K.

  • Diary Entry for 3/26/2005

    A nice day. Partly sunny. Vi here for Times. Sally stopped by. Jim N brought my church bulletin. Angie here in evening. Lidia here this morning. Cheryl called. Kathy got good reports in Syracuse yesterday.

  • Diary Entry for 3/27/2005

    Partly cloudy. Nice day. I went to church with Jim n. lots out for Easter Sunday. Jill was here in PM. Angie here. Her daughter, Maryann sent me a ham dinner with blueberry pie. Delicious. Cheryl brought me a roast port dinner. Vern called from New Bern, North Carolina in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 3/28/2005

    Misty, cloudy day. Jessie here. We spent all her time at the grocery store. Hazel Boyle died during her dialysis this morning. Jim called this PM. He got home during the night. All went well. Sally and Angie were here. Cheryl was here in evening. She brought me a box of cookies.

  • Diary Entry for 3/29/2005

    53° and 36°. A great day. Warm. I cleaned the floor.

  • Diary Entry for 3/30/2005

    57° and 27°. Warm and mostly sunny. I washed clothes in PM. Memorial service in Baptist church tonight for Hazel at 7 PM. I wish I could have gone to it. Vern called in evening. They got home this PM from their trip.

  • Diary Entry for 3/31/2005

    62° and 36°. A cloudy day with rain in PM. Windy. Cheryl took me to Dr. Sanni’s. I’m to stop two kinds of the dorps. Still use five kinds. I talked with Jim. Angie here in evening. Indian River School Philadelphia NY has eight sets of twins in the 6th grade, middle school.

  • Diary Entry for 4/1/2005

    47° and 36°. Cloudy and rainy. Shirley M cut my hair today. I got new white skirt and white pants fro Blair’s. Jim here in PM. He got me a filter for my humidifier. He took my old bank statements and Medicare letters home to burn for me in his garage stove. Lidia was here.

  • Diary Entry for 4/2/2005

    A nice day but cloudy. I went for coffee and donuts. Vi got home from Julie’s last night. She came for the papers. There was a murder in the city overnight. Two sisters who were baby sitting a one year old was stabbed to death.

  • Diary Entry for 4/3/2005

    Rain in AM. Cloudy. Fast time this morning. I didn’t go to church with Jim. I went to services out here. Very good. Vi was here. Sue called for Philadelphia prayer chain for Art Haggerty who fell and has back problems. Also Zelda McKeever with back trouble and shingles.

  • Diary Entry for 4/4/2005

    40° and 33°. Raining all day. Some snow. I went over to hospital for blood work. Vi went with me. Sally, Angie and Vi here. I went to Centennial Club in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 4/5/2005

    Mostly sunny. Warm. No exercise class. Muriel away. Vi here. Helen Kiechle called. Good to talk with her. She’s good. Debby, nurse called to say Dr. LaPoint wants me to double my Lipitor. My bad cholesterol count up. Doris H called me back in evening. Art fell off stepladder cleaning out kitchen light.

  • Diary Entry for 4/6/2005

    Partly sunny. Partly cloudy. Vi here for paper. Kinney’s deliveryman here three times. He made mistake on my order. Sue B called for prayer chain. I called Vivian. I played Pedro in evening.

  • Diary Entry for 4/7/2005

    58° and 40°. Raining most of day. Vi here a couple times. I talked with Jim. He was going for calling hours for Chief Peches, (?) 54, this PM. He was police chief when Jim started.

  • Diary Entry for 4/8/2005

    A sunny warm day. Jessie here to clean. Vi and Esther Taylor here. Esther is moving in here. Pope John Paul II’s funeral. Also police chief Peches. I called Lyla. She said that Rick DeFranco has sold Alice’s house and also the Quaker snack bar. They are remodeling the restaurant inside and out. Brenda and Don Cooke bought the restaurant. Angie was here in PM.

  • Diary Entry for 4/9/2005

    57° and 23°. Sunny and warm. Vern called in morning to say he and June would be here later. June brought food for lunch. Very good. Vi was here. Also Angie. I got letter from Debby. She is coming back to this section. She hasn’t found work.

  • Diary Entry for 4/10/2005

    A beautiful day. I went to church with Jim N. Vi here for Times. Lyla called in evening. She said Bob Puffer died Friday. I missed it in today’s Times. Jolie and Madison called in evening. Today would have been dad’s birthday.